It's a free country. There's going to be people that don't belong to your religion, and don't care to. People who belong to religions you don't care about. There's going to be gays. Whatever. There's going to be one of everyone.

They all want to be treated well, and you're the jerk if you can't bother. Just get used to it, you know?

I don't like systems that can't correct themselves. Are you super conservative about enjoying cake? An area to be as strict as you can? Are you super liberal about your ability to fly? Figure, hey, why not, I'll give it a whack?

We need a variety of eyes on it to get good stuff out of the machinery.

I think we're all such good people at heart, we've gone overboard trying to find a bad guy. Well, we're all the bad guy at times, ain't it? Everyone's way off about everyone. Most folks are just plain nice. 'Cancel politics,' a little, you know?

We're all about systems that are set up to last. We need the environment (it's a mix of ideas, how... Nuclear, tho...), and also too but also, we need the economy. (Our idea is to build up "internalized economies" in each country around the "sustainable" concept).

I mean, we do, don't we? Let's just get it done; our kids need that stuff.

That's what's right, come on now. Get a little of that "team fire" in your belly.

"Stabilize the system." Let's remember that another name for "a natural correction" is "a huge disaster." You have to pad these kinds of things.

These next few sections are about capitalism being mostly kind of awesome, and getting the safety net "just right."You may want to open an hateful e-mail so you can yell at me as we go.

Capitalism is Pretty Awesome. Mostly. :)Works way better than Communism

Yay! Capitalism is pretty awesome :)

Don't get me wrong, it needs its checks and balances, but it has all the coolest stuff. Free society, great products, a productive life working for The Enormously Large Company Whom We All Love So Dearly...

Heck yeah to more of this "commerce" I keep hearing of! Heck yeah to more snappy products!

At the same time, some guys are jerks. It's not just about dreams and freedoms; all this stuff is a responsibility. So, like it or not, there's going to be smoke-stack laws. Checks and balances, checks and balances...

You rank the candidates, and if your first-choice candidate doesn't get a majority, your vote falls off to your second choice, third choice, and so on. That way, your vote always goes to your preferred candidate.

They're already using this successfully in Australia for the Parliament, so you know it's good. Crikey!

(Or, "You mean to tell me that this robot-ical man can sit there and make my money instead of me all day and night?! And I'll be off on my boots again at age 45, and a wife and teens? Well, finally!")

The trickle-down is broken because of the robots. Profits ⇒ Jobs ⇒ Spending ⇒ Profits only works if Profits ⇒ Jobs.

Robots can ultimately do just about anything, including your job, friend !!! Call it a "modern mess." There aren't unlimited markets to expand in to, or very many things a robot can't do and do better. Let's be honest.

You've probably heard the concept of the "full life raft." Like, we've got serious unemployment already with the robots. Mexico needs to get its internalized economy going so people will want to stay. In the meantime...

One Amnesty, then Deportation After That: Yes. One amnesty is a yes, right?

Socialized medicine... well, no... Come on, people are going to take advantage of that, you know? Free lungs for crack-heads? Infinite hearts for the burger man?
On the other hand, the robots are taking all the middle class jobs, so... How does an average family get covered? I mean, the average guy is going to sleep [3/4]-crazy trying to figure out how to keep his kids safe, you know? It's not some American dream, it's this living nightmare... If you see all that...

We ought to, I don't know, have common sense about it all, you know? Price-fix the common stuff (like they do the corn or the dairy), so life isn't completely terrifying to us small-time families... But then probably "Some kind of deal where if you want coverage for your bad habit, you gotta pay a little more", or however they call it...

I don't think wealthier folks really understand how awful and terrifying it is to try to raise kids when you're one medical emergency away from bankruptcy. Without middle class jobs, you are going to have a revolt if you can't give parents health care. (Turn off the robots.)

What, you don't like gun controllers? Totally fun, for like with that game, Duck Hunt? Naw, I'm fooling around.

But seriously, we have a right to armed bears, it's in the Bill of Rights.

It's my stuff, and my family, and I'm apt to have a gun to protect it. "If you outlaw guns, only guns will have..." Wait, that's not it. Also, hey, it's a hobby for some people. You don't have any hobbies people don't like?

It's like how there will always be drunk driving deaths, but we don't ban alcohol? It's very sad, but it's already against the law.

We support, you know, background checks and waiting periods and fun stuff like that. Whatever's clever. Maybe those fingerprint things?

While I'm in the neighborhood... Folks should also recognize (if they haven't) that the arms industry has a vested interest in cultivating war. Well, they do. Uh-huh. Do to.

It's like... people are going to have the cars they want. But, we're going to run out of fossil fuels, and we need that for the heavy work trucks. Anyways, it's bad for the environment, and I have kids.

It doesn't matter what caused it; it matters how we're going to fix it.

Let's please remember that another name for "a natural correction" is "a huge disaster."

Until everything (the economy, the environment...) is stabilized, we ought to think like it's a kind of "war times." Have a little team spirit! Well worth it, the conservative thing to do. "Waste not, want not." Let's not get wimpy all of a sudden, friend!

(We support the full mixed-source energy grid [wind, big solar, nuclear, geothermal, clean coal, whatever's clever], carbon sinks, and all this good sustainability tech. We should also be warning folks on the coasts, getting plans in place for the bad storms.)

We have a right to throw awesome music parties; it's in the Constitution to enjoy awesome music parties.

It's like if I said, "If you ever have one beer - yeah, one beer - any time from now until the day you die - well, pal, I'll find out - and then I get to take your wife, your job, your resume, and all your cash. Nope, no reason."

Respect that everybody's working for the week-end, consider it a Prohibition-era thing, and just drop it. No, no, you're wrong: just drop it. Pot never killed anyone; it helps sick folks. Makes good cupcakes and twine. Good with music and cheese puffs. What's the beef, Chief? See [Mandatory Marijuana .com

Of course, being sober gets a bad rap. Got to keep the engine clean, at least.

Nope. One-world government sounds like a bad idea. We do have global concerns, and need global conferences and such, but I fear centralized, corrupt power and the loss of autonomy.
The Constitution favors a limited-"style" government.

Thank goodness for the unions, but also for checks and balances. It's a thing where people get a little overboard sometimes about whatever club they're in, but it's still good that it's there. The unions made life livable in this country with OSHA and all that stuff.

After years of trying to work this out, it occurred to us... this may sound wacky, but what about pre-natal incubation? The technological hurdles shouldn't be all that great - knock on wood! We think a pre-natal incubation option will render the entire abortion dilemma moot within the next 10-15 years.

My idea was "feedlot radios," play them some nice music that they like. The research shows it's good for them and they like it. Healthier for everyone, right? Come on, don't be a stick-in-the-mud, ham-pops! :D "SKRAWK! It's a living!", as the bird said.

If God gives you dominion or "stewardship" over something, you had better do a good job! I think we should try to treat farm-lot animals like a sort of a co-worker, a fuzzy farm friend. "It's gotta be proper," as they say. "Vegan factory farming," let's call it. Farm radios, close-quarters laws, zonked-out slaughter, that kind of thing.

We're just people. We're the mere Earthlings that get this planet - let's not self-destruct now. Think like we're trying to sell this planet to some aliens, take this show on the road.

Let's just 'leave it all' sort of, turn the thing into a real shin-dig. We all wound up here together, and I'm sure everyone wants a seat. Me included!

Let's not let people keep treating all us moderates and independents as non-players with nothing to say. We say plenty! I say we stand up for ourselves, say this is not for us. Get a little riled up, get our own thing going.